![Food scraps in a compost pile. {CREDIT: Camila Guillen, UF/IFAS]](https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/sarasotaco/files/2021/04/2021_Waste_blogFoodWaste01_ifasCROP1338x357TINY.jpg)
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has a way of classifying food waste in the United States into three categories: Excessive Expensive Environmentally Harmful Food waste is excessive because nearly 40 percent of all the food produced ... READ MORE
Category: Conservation, Work & Life![a hand holds dark, rich compost with worms. [credit: uf/ifas, camila guillen]](https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/sarasotaco/files/2023/07/2022_Waste_factsheetVermicompostWorms01_ifasGuillenCamila_CROP1338x357TINY.png)
UF/IFAS Extension agents in Sarasota and Leon counties have teamed up on a unique approach to help meet a state mandate to ramp up recycling and cut waste heading to the landfill: home vermicomposting. Molly Jameson, of Leon County, and Randall ... READ MORE
Category: Work & Life
UF/IFAS Extension Sarasota County held its first “Learn to Build a Worm Bin” workshop as part of Sarasota County strategic plan initiative in 2022. At the workshop, participants had the opportunity to build a worm bin that they could take ... READ MORE
Category: Conservation, Natural Resources
Composting with worms—also known as "vermicomposting"—is the process of using worms to produce rich compost from kitchen wastes. One pound of worms can turn 65 pounds of garbage into garden compost in 100 days. It is the way to go if you ... READ MORE
Category: ConservationJoin UF/IFAS Extension Leon and Sarasota County for a virtual workshop all about composting with worms!UF/IFAS Extension Agents Molly Jameson, Mark Tancig, and Randy Penn are hosting a virtual workshop all about how to compost using worms. Participants ... READ MORE
Category: Work & LifeFrom seed to salad and beyond, radishes have been big this year at UF/IFAS Extension Sarasota County. Now, worms are, too. Each year, our 4-H program partners with our school gardens program, the Sarasota County 4-H Foundation and Master ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth, Conservation, Natural Resources